Ayrafeneres

I'm a big Lacus Clyne fangirl. I'm fluent in Japanese(self taught). I love cooking, singing, baking, writing, reading my 2 dictionaries, building Gundam model kits, and doing pixel art. I'm highly invested in politics and am really far left on the International spectrum; left of the mid point of the left. I'm highly progressive and have been doing everything I can to help progressives win their primaries by reaching out to the people of their state district, or their state for Senator races. I view it as my duty, as a millennial, as an older generation to leave behind a better world for the coming generations than what I live with. The Baby Boomer's generation screwed us over; I want to fix that. The biggest obstacle: money in politics. It started on January 30th, 1975 with the Buckley v. Valeo ruling: 'Money is Free Speech', that opened the door for legalized bribery. The final nail in the coffin of our democracy was nailed on April 26th, 1978 with the First Bank of Boston v Bellotti: 'Corporations have Free Speech Rights'. Since that decision, all the legislation passed by Congress have coincided with the will of the people 0.01% of the time(I'm being VERY generous here). Whereas, the legislation passed by Congress coincided with the will of the top 1% and corporate CEOs 99.99% of the time(again being VERY generous here). These conditions are not found in a democracy, but an oligarchy; a type of government where all decisions are made by the 'owner' class. Our politicians are bought by special interests, they do not represent us. We must, therefor, remind them: It isn't your donors that vote you into power, it's the people. We, the people, voted them into power, therefor, we can vote them OUT of power. The progressive candidates who have been running for Congress, they're regular people. We progressives take no corporate PAC money, no money from corporations, no money from the 1%, and no money from lobbyists. We take funding only from grassroots donations; regular people. That is why Progressives will only ever represent the people. We are continuing to grow the Progressive Caucus larger and larger; the fact that I helped in even a tiny way is a source of great pride for me. This country was once called The Land of Opportunity; it can't be called that anymore. I love this country, but I absolutely DESPISE what it's become. I truly believe that humans have more in common than they do in conflict; I just wish more people could realize that. As long as we, the People, remain divided, the rich 1% will always win.